STORY

This frog was the definition of cool composure. It had climbed onto the sharp edge of a heliconia bloom and simply… hung there. Legs draped, eyes half-shut, like it had nowhere else in the world to be. I was photographing deep in the Ecuadorian rainforest, where the colour palette changes with every blink. But nothing popped like this moment with the deep teal shadows behind, the flare of orange bloom, and that amber-skinned frog locked in effortless equilibrium. It’s not always about action; sometimes, stillness delivers the most visual tension. There's humour in these encounters too, nature holding a pose, daring you not to smile. I took the frame quietly, not wanting to interrupt its moment of botanical bliss.